Return of the Living Dead 3 Movie Review
Teenage couple Curt (J. Trevor Edmond) and Julie (Mindy Clarke) sneak into the government lab Curt’s father works at, where they discover corpses are being reanimated using a gas named Trioxin. Soon after, Julie dies in a motorcycle accident, and Curt, using the Trioxin, brings her back to life...but she’s not quite the same. The third film in the Return Of The Living Dead series cuts back on the comedy of the first two, amps up the horror, and the results are wonderful. The film keeps the punk rock edge of the first two as well—I think the L7 poster in particular is a nice touch. Edmond does a nice job as the love struck teen, and Clarke is phenomenal as Julie—her look and transformation in the third act is nothing short of iconic for the genre, and many a horror fan in the 90s filled their head with thoughts of the punk rock zombie—a friend of mine was absolutely enthralled with her.
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Aside from all that, there is plenty more to love about this movie. The other zombies are made up very well, there is plenty of blood and guts, the special effects are wonderful, and the film moves along at a perfect pace. The dialogue leaves a bit to be desired at times, but some of the nonsense sort of adds to the enjoyment of watching the movie. There is also a problem or two with the ending, but it is certainly not bad enough to take much away from the rest of the story. This movie, which came out in 1993, is one I must have watched approximately three thousand times in that decade, and it stands strong all these years later. Return of the Living Dead 3 edges out the first film to be my favorite of the series, and it ranks high in my list of favorite zombie movies of all time as well.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 8
Return of the Living Dead 3 Movie Trailer
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